Last.fm 12+

Instead of being able to seamlessly switch charts, now i have select one chart, look at it, swipe back, click on the other chart and then i forget that i actually wanted to look at a different time frame. i go back, press the timeframe i wanted originally, then go to the chart i wanted originally. this differs from the original design where you had charts for artists, albums, and songs all on the bottom bar. now you have to go into the tab that has grouped all the charts together into one tab and endure the tedious process of trying to look at two different charts from separate time frames, which only takes five or so seconds to switch between, but with the old version it was automatic. scrobbles now take up to three minutes to submit. the time to submit them has gradually increased over the year i’ve been using this app, but this is an enormous leap, and if it doesn’t have to do with the update that’s fine but if it does that’s pretty upsetting. the bubble design for artist profiles is just abysmal, it leaves too much dead space while also being inconsistent with the way album art is presented. I really like being able to have stats for the artists and albums i listen to but i don’t like those stats being stuck on an app that is such a chore to use. it would be different if this was an improvement on the ui utilized prior to this, but this is a severe downgrade from something that was pretty good.

im not a fan of the larger boxes for scrobbles. far fewer can fit in one screen view now. the new update also makes it more difficult to see specific data in specific places. overall the new layout significantly limits the amount of information you’re able to easily see — only a few songs/albums/etc are shown on the charts page, and once i go to “see more” im not able to change between the time intervals unless I exit again & tap on the somewhat inconspicuously placed calendar button :’) not a huuge deal, but i think that even just adding an extra option to change time periods AFTER you press “see more” & also making the scrobbles smaller again would really improve the app.

The new design looks good but it’s not convenient. It makes it hard to switch between the charts as everything is in one tab now. It also doesn’t fit as many albums and songs in one chart since the picture is so big. The app is also very buggy. It keeps crashing every time I open it and scan new songs. I hope this gets fix soon. I loved the app before and didn’t have any problems with it.